An exploration of pizza in and around Rochester, NY, one pizzeria at a time

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Free Pizza!

I have a gift certificate, good for either one large pizza with two toppings, or one specialty pizza (steak or Buffalo chicken) from our friends at Menezes Pizza on Chili Ave. Menezes turns out very good pizza, in what I think of as Rochester style, with a generous but balanced helping of sauce and cheese to go along with the thickish, bready crust (they'll be happy to make it thin for you on request). I've put a copy of their pizza menu in this post, but they also serve wings, subs and salads.

The giveaway contest will run through next Friday, July 15. To enter, all you've got to do is leave a comment following this post. It can be about pizza, any other topic, or nothing at all. You can leave more than one comment, but multiple comments will not increase your chances of winning.
I'll be mailing the gift certificate to the winner, so I will need your mailing address if you win. You can email it to me at rochesternypizzaguy@gmail.com. I'll be announcing the winner, who will be chosen at random using random.org, sometime next Friday afternoon.
Okay, comment away!

Oh I love to sample different pizzas - Can you compare to Tom and Nancy's? Please let me sample yours to compare - you may have a steady customer if the crust the sauce and toppings are top shelf. Not burnt or greasy or too thin. Thanks ! Mrs S.

Pizza has sustained me since I was a little kid in my Grandma's kitchen. It was always the simple recipe, fresh tomato sauce, thin crust and grated Reggiano Parmesan. (what many call "sauce" pie) As a distance runner, pizza is my favorite meal to this day. I cannot imagine my life without it! Even when I travel throughout the US, I search for my excellent Italian treat. This blog is a great care-free read, and like pizza, comforts me!

I am a pizza connoisseur with an open mind. Where ever I have traveled I try the local pizza... What a wake up call when I visited Italy and Sicily expecting American style pizza in the early 80's...Of course there was nothing similar..

Mama's Pizza in Berkley California was one of the best..Probably long gone by now...There are some great local Pizzeria's here in Rochester that this blog has helped to identify......

I went there got a medium cheese w onion and hot peppers and ive tried about 6 of the A ratings from this blog and it did not come close to me for an A. It was ordered on saturday afternoon @ 4 pm i asked it be ready by 5:30 and it was slightly underdone and was bland. in my opinion. This to me was not an A rating id say C for me.

Ratings Guide

A: great; one of the best this area has to offerB: pretty good; not top-notch, but definitely good, and better than averageC: OK; nothing special, but it’ll do; typical for our areaD: edible; if you’ve already paid for it, you might as well eat itF: downright bad; toss it and get something else